A 20 year old man was sentenced to 19 years and 6 months in jail on charges of murder and robbery. His accomplice, underage at the time of the crime, was sentenced to 12 years and 6 months. They are both from the Donduseni district.

The crime happened in November 2013, in Balti Municipality. Prosecutor General's Office press officer Maria Vieru told IPN that drunken young men broke into a house and stole goods of about 2000 lei, then called a taxi. In the car, they got into a fight with the driver and stabbed him with a knife. The 23 year old victim died immediately.

The attackers drove the vehicle for 35 km, with the dead victim inside, and abandoned it and the body near Racaria village in Rascani district.

The sentence can be appealed.